Wei Chen Livres

Focusing on contemporary management principles, this book examines the latest developments in global hospitality operations. It critically analyzes traditional management practices and theories, assessing their relevance in the multicultural contexts of the hospitality and tourism industries. Readers gain insights into the cultural factors that shape strategies and performance within hospitality organizations, enhancing their understanding of effective management in a diverse environment.

China's economic rise and influence has been one of the most significant developments in the global economy of recent times. A driving force behind this expansion has been the private entrepreneurs and companies of China, some of which have literally redefined the economic and business landscape, both inside and outside of China. Jack Ma (Ma Yun) is one such entrepreneur. Together with his company, Alibaba, Ma has become one of the giants of the Internet world and Alibaba, one of the world's largest e-commerce platforms. This book presents Ma's experiences, entrepreneurial career and the whole process of Alibaba's creation. The authors show how Ma subverted traditions and built Alibaba into a behemoth, that set a world record as the largest public stock offering ever during its IPO in New York in 2014.

This monograph compares the city walls of two famous historical cities in China and the West. It tries to reveal the process of the formation of the differences in the defensive walls between the two cities representing the classical Chinese and Western civilizations. The two authors are distinguished scholars from China and Italy with outstanding achievements in architectural history research and heritage protection. The book details research on the historical evolution of the defensive walls of the two cities as well as on their city walls, landscapes and urban texture, wall restoration, wall planning, and urban planning for city walls. It is an innovation for comparing cities, architecture, cultures, and heritages between China and the West. It serves as a window and a platform for Chinese and foreign readers to understand and communicate about Chinese and Western architectural history, urban planning, and heritage protection.

Jack Ma is the founder and CEO of the Alibaba Group, a privately owned Internet-based e-commerce company in China whose sales are estimated to be bigger than its American competitors eBay and Amazon.com combined. This book unveils Jack Ma's thousand faces in real life from different angles, and it reveals a Jack Ma different from your imagination. "Witty Jack Ma," "cheerful Jack Ma," "naughty Jack Ma," and "arrogant Jack Man" ... It's not just a book, but more like a movie from which you can approach Jack Ma and understand Alibaba through sounds, colors, and expressions among many other elements. There are no tedious doctrines, only amusing details; no inscrutable theories, only popular, hearty statements. Through day-to-day trivial matters, the author makes an account of the "cute" side of Jack Ma which surprises you and inspires you: Oh, my gracious! Jack Ma is such a person, so sensible and so touching...

Focusing on China's fertility transition over the last seventy years, the book delves into the socioeconomic effects of the two-child policy. It analyzes demographic changes, cultural shifts, and the implications for family structures and economic growth, providing a comprehensive understanding of how policy decisions have shaped the nation's population dynamics and societal landscape.

Focusing on the Bohman-Frieze-Wormald percolation model, this thesis explores its unique discontinuous transition at the critical threshold, contrasting it with the expected continuous phase transitions in random networks. It delves into the mechanisms behind this phenomenon, uncovering critical behaviors like multiple giant components and phase transitions, as well as unstable giant components. The insights gained are significant for applications across various fields, including physics, chemistry, and biology.